FWD to RWD

[driftersil80]

Can anyone tell me what it would take and how much it would be to turn a car from FWD to RWD???

[nissanguy_24]

no one can tell you because it would depend on the car, how your doing it whos doing the work that kind of stuff, but it would require alot of fabrication, it helps if theres a similar car with RWD you can get parts off of.

[driftersil80]

Say like a new Toyota Corolla

[Feint]

Easy way,drop in different engine and drivetrain from a RWD car.See all the V8 Ford Focuses running around.

http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/frame...ar.mv&num=1796

Then there's ATI's V8.

http://www.sportcompactcarweb.com/ro...0404scc_focus/

Depends what route you want to go.

[nedinic]

if you have the tools, time and money you can do it.

a friend os myne uncles has a 1999 golf tdi and he put another engine in the back so he turned it 4 wheel drive.
pretty cool and fast

[ACDSupra7]

Yeah. My Escort buddy was thinking of using an older Mustang drivetrain to get his car RWD. We ditched the project in like 5 minutes though. So w/e. New Corolla would be hard because nothing else on the Toyota menu is rwd, and using an older drivetrain probably isn't good. But good luck.

[DoriAltis]

it isn't worth it to make a ff car into a fr car, unless it's for professional racing team with a million dollars to build a car. I read about a guy trying to make his golf or jetta into rwd, and he was looking at 20 grand(just a rough estimate). You also gotta understand that manufacturers design cars with powertrains in mind, so many things are disrupted and have to be corrected if you switch it. But hey, if you have the money and the ambition, by all means set out to do it

PS I have a new corolla too, even though I can't drift with it, I see it as something I can learn the basics of a car from. it may be a ff, but that's not to say you can't do anything with it

[driftersil80]

I dont have a new Corolla. I was just asking. LOL im 13.

[nedinic]

lmao im 16 .......

[Chas]

FRAM

[CrazyHawaiian]

I think its possible. Adapt the entire drivetrain (engine, transmission, rearend) from an older AE86 to the newer body style with a custom length driveshaft. As long as the engine and transmission physically fit, and the rearend width matches the car (aka no rear tires sticking out lol), then it would work (length of the car will determine how long the driveshaft needs to be). Other things that might need fabrication is the suspension, since the solid rear AE86 setup is very different from the FWD setup. Nothing is impossible if you put the time into it. Heck, I've been following the Drift Integra Project and look how far they got. FYI, its a B18 motor, CRV AWD transmission with the front diff's disconnected, and a CRV rearend (I think). End result is a RWD integra. Now the guy's working on a turbo kit .. CRAZYNESS!!

[slipangle]

sry chas, napa gold pwns fram, gg it loses

[Sideways86]

Heres a RWD M3 Powered MINI Cooper.

[BL1TZ_W1NG]

ive seen a teggy with rwd but it migh be easyer to convert to 4wd so long as you can find a transfer case and make room for differentials prop shafts axils drive chains blah blah but its been dont on a ford puma in the uk it had the cossie 2.0 engine and stuff but you are looking at ££$$££$$

[hachiroku-fc3s]

Originally posted by nedinic
if you have the tools, time and money you can do it.

a friend os myne uncles has a 1999 golf tdi and he put another engine in the back so he turned it 4 wheel drive.
pretty cool and fast

How'd he link the trannies? That is one BAD mini. I like the M3 bumper. Suweet.